Miles B. Cord

Miles Bernard Cord (1886-1951) was a US Army sergeant during World War I.

Biography
Miles Bernard Cord was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1886, and he entered the US Army in 1904. Cord was deployed to the Philippines to combat Filipino freedom fighters before being sent back home, and Cord rose through the ranks after being placed in the reserves. In 1918, when the American Expeditionary Forces were shipped off to France, Cord took command of a squad in the 145th Regiment, 37th Division AEF, and he led it at the Battle of Prosnes and other major battles of the German Spring Offensive. After the war's end, Cord became a military historian, and he died in 1951.